"If there was no black man there would be no Rock'n'Roll. The beat, the rhythms of Africa are what created Rock'n'Roll and Jazz."

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"Once you start collecting records you learn more and more about jazz and blues."

John Mayall, British Musician

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"Today jazz is still very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians."

Toots Thielemans, Belgian Musician

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"I don't want to sound as if I'm doing something tremendously special. But I am a jazz fan."

Norman Granz, American Musician

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"Jazz was uplifted by what I did."

Norman Granz, American Musician

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"The only element of jazz that I keep is improvisation."

Jan Garbarek, Norwegian Musician

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"Jazz has an audience all around the globe and has had for many decades, I think speaking of the United States, let's say that what we need is more of an official recognition."

Sonny Rollins, American Musician

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"I have a bachelor's and a master's in jazz."

Jon Secada, Cuban Musician

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"My roots and Victor's are jazz, basically, but these two young fellows that we have with us come out of rock bands. And they're tremendously exciting players."

Chico Hamilton, American Musician

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"It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself."

Herbie Hancock, American Musician

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"I think jazz is a wonderful learning tool."

John Otto, American Musician

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"Jim, as just a spoken poet, was not that good. He needed the music behind him. He felt a security and a sense of abandon when the music existed around him."

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"We went on stage with the Jefferson Airplane, Jim started singing with Grace Slick and hugging her. Then he danced off the stage, went back into the dressing room and passed out cold."

Grace

"The Doors movie is a pack of lies. It did not make money. You want to make money in America? Tell the truth."

Money

"The Doors were successful. It was Jim Morrison as the centre and the figure and the spokesman, the figurehead, but we were all into the same thing. That's why we were a band."

Success

"I'm basically a cocktail jazz kind of pianist. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a very good keyboard player. People think I think I'm good. I think I'm a very poor piano player."

People

"Alan Ginsberg was fabulous. The man is so filled with energy. He's 65 years old and he's just loaded with energy and charm and wit and his mind is constantly racing."

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"Through all of history mankind has ingested psychedelic substances. Those substances exist to put you in touch with spirits beyond yourself, with the creator, with the creative impulse of the planet."

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"Once you start collecting records you learn more and more about jazz and blues."

"Today jazz is still very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians."

"I don't want to sound as if I'm doing something tremendously special. But I am a jazz fan."

"Jazz was uplifted by what I did."

"The only element of jazz that I keep is improvisation."

"Jazz has an audience all around the globe and has had for many decades, I think speaking of the United States, let's say that what we need is more of an official recognition."

"I have a bachelor's and a master's in jazz."

"My roots and Victor's are jazz, basically, but these two young fellows that we have with us come out of rock bands. And they're tremendously exciting players."

"It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself."

"I think jazz is a wonderful learning tool."

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"Jim, as just a spoken poet, was not that good. He needed the music behind him. He felt a security and a sense of abandon when the music existed around him."

"We went on stage with the Jefferson Airplane, Jim started singing with Grace Slick and hugging her. Then he danced off the stage, went back into the dressing room and passed out cold."

"The Doors movie is a pack of lies. It did not make money. You want to make money in America? Tell the truth."

"The Doors were successful. It was Jim Morrison as the centre and the figure and the spokesman, the figurehead, but we were all into the same thing. That's why we were a band."

"I'm basically a cocktail jazz kind of pianist. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a very good keyboard player. People think I think I'm good. I think I'm a very poor piano player."

"Alan Ginsberg was fabulous. The man is so filled with energy. He's 65 years old and he's just loaded with energy and charm and wit and his mind is constantly racing."

"Rock 'n' roll is like a circus today."

"Movies were very important. The art-form of the 20th century."

"The Doors were never that good as musicians."

"Through all of history mankind has ingested psychedelic substances. Those substances exist to put you in touch with spirits beyond yourself, with the creator, with the creative impulse of the planet."